The unimaginable mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel - Bloch, William Goldbloom (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008)
Combinatorics : contemplating variations of the 23 letters -- Information theory : cataloging the collection -- Real analysis : the book of sand -- Topology and cosmology : the universe (which others call the library) -- Geometry and graph theory : ambiguity and access -- More combinatorics : disordering into order -- A homomorphism : structure into meaning -- Critical points -- Openings.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index.
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Keywords: Borges, Jorge Luis, -- 1899-1986 -- Knowledge -- Mathematics; Mathematics and literature; Mathematics -- Philosophy; Electronic books